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Phillip Wd Martin
10 months ago
Given the ICE arrests on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard this week I can't think of a better time to reintroduce listeners and readers to this 2017 award-winning series from GBH News and myself:
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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The Gangs Of Nantucket: The Arrival
This article is part one of a four-part series titled "The Gangs of Nantucket." Part two is available here. Part three is available here. Part four is…
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2017-11-13/the-gangs-of-nantucket-the-arrival
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reposted by
Mother Jones
10 months ago
Toxic pesticide levels found in tampons 40 times higher than legal limit for water
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Toxic pesticide levels found in tampons 40 times higher than legal limit for water
Glyphosate, an herbicide linked to cancer, is also abundant in the United States.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2025/05/toxic-pesticide-levels-found-in-tampons-glyphosate/
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Nicholas Kristof names several of the tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of children who have died since the Trump administration gutted USAID
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Opinion | Really, Secretary Rubio? I’m Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
10 months ago
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Here's another way to think about the future. I like to think of important concepts from a 35,000-foot view as well as a 5,000-foot zoomed-in view. This offers a planetary view.
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The New Planetary Nationalism | NOEMA
The realization of human embeddedness in Earth’s natural systems does not inevitably create a cosmopolitan politics oriented toward universal well-being.
https://www.noemamag.com/the-new-planetary-nationalism/
10 months ago
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Scientific societies to do climate assessment after Trump administration dismissed authors
Two groups join forces for peer-reviewed research after key contributors on Congress-mandated report dismissed
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/us-scientific-societies-climate-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
11 months ago
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Environment Groups Prep for Possible Attack on Nonprofit Status
Major environmental groups are guarding against a potential order from President Donald Trump that could strip away their tax-exempt status, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg Law Wednesd...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/environment-groups-prep-for-possible-attack-on-nonprofit-status
11 months ago
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A victory for free press and the public's right to know
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Judge Orders White House to Restore AP’s Access to Trump
The Trump administration has barred the news outlet from certain events for its use of the term “Gulf of Mexico,” which a federal judge agreed amounted to a violation of the First Amendment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/trump-ap-oval-office-access.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
11 months ago
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Sen. Cory Booker
12 months ago
Time to speak up
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This Globe opinion piece on democracy uses a template for the ages
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/o...
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It’s time for a sequel to the Declaration of Independence - The Boston Globe
A proposal for a declaration of preservation, in light of new truths that are self-evident.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/opinion/declaration-of-preservation-independence-update/
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